As is the case with many pension funds in secular businesses today, our Priests’ Pension Program is underfunded. This is largely due to the growing number of retired priests and the skyrocketing cost of health care.

This collection is separate from the annual December collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious, which supports religious orders and institutes across the Unites States. This special collection on March 4th and 5th, 2017 will directly benefit the retirement fund for the diocesan priests here in our own Diocese and help to make it be more fully funded.